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...Myriam J. A. Chancy Copyright © 2011 by Smith College 2011 MYRIAM J.A. CHANCY Under/Water MemoriaDl ay7 May317 2010 Forthedeparted ForHatti Andin referenctoe AsakoNarahashi'shalfawakeandhalfasleepin thewater' (photoBraph2,001) underwater, sinking, eyes closed, listening to the voices the sea...

... Narahashi’s ‘half awake and half asleep in the water’                                                                            (photograph, 2001) . . . under water, sinking, eyes closed, listening to the voices the sea, hopeful not to drown remembering, arms wide, mantra: the body...

... ultimate goal is to highlight growing tensions between traditional African matriarchitarianism and new counter-forces, such as Mammy Water. Using three examples of traditional organizations of women's cultures that embody matriarchitarianism, I argue that feminism and these traditions of organized women's...

...Marilyn Chin TAKE A LEFT AT THE WATERS MarilynChin OF SAMSARA There is a bog of sacred water Behind a hedgerow of wild madder Near the grave of my good mother Tin cans blossom there The rust shimmers like amber A diorama of green gnats Ecstatic in their veil dance A nation of frogs regale Swell...

... of the events that led to her dislocation from her Sikh family and community and relocation as a Muslim within the same rural village in what became Pakistan. Monochromatic images of these events, dominated by images of water in a well, are presented as flashbacks. Ayesha's husband is now dead, and she...

... the late 1960s and 1970s, Mink challenged the use of the Pacific lands, waters, and peoples as sites of military experimentation, subject to nuclear and chemical testing as well as war games. Mink’s political worldview, shaped by her experiences and understanding of the interconnectedness between human...

... of water and other visual cues within Lemonade, I find that Beyoncé advocates for transformed social relations which blossom from healthier modes of relating to oneself and others, an endeavor that has material value in the #BlackLivesMatter era. Copyright © 2018 Smith College 2018 black women...

...Ginetta E. B. Candelario 6 Reyes, “Midwives at Dakota Access Resistance Camps.” 5 Carolina Reyes, “Midwives at Dakota Access Resistance Camps.” 4 UNICEF, “Deepening Water Crisis in Yemen amid Severe Fuel Shortages,” available at https://www.unicefusa.org/press/releases/deepening...

... for snowflakes to cover the stage between us. We were falling and fixed, drinking fruit: crushed ice, orange juice, over-ripe bananas. Oh Angela! Dark heart darkening the bitter water. Your hand cresting across my hip, nipples breaking the water, a pair oflilies, rising. Is that really what I would say? Seaweed...

... remember the first time I pretended to be her. I was eight years old, and I was on my way to the water to think. I used to spend every summer on my paternal grandmother's farm in Lexington, South Carolina. Marie "Red" Anderson, my dear sweet grandmother, was a big brown woman with a face full of freckles...

... herself by breathing. by being totorobonsu in the deep. boda became. old as ocean. wise as whale. black as undrowned sun. bold as what we been through. totorobonsu. put your forehead in the water. she will show you. here i am. 1 it’s not the world on our shoulders, it’s the ocean on our hearts...

...-woman skin, she has tales to tell. Tonight, her story is about the water-fairy and her little prince. How body, bones and all, they walked into the river and flowed into the sea. So now, I have a body no more. I did. The thought of her happiness made me sad. I wanted my babies to be happy...

... in Kenya, the United States and Germany. As I was growing up, I witnessed forests being cleared and replaced by commercial plantations, which destroyed local biodiversity and the capacity of the forests to conserve water. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, In 1977, when we started the Green Belt Movement...

... and what to leave behind, and I will tell you about the intimacy and intrusion of searching migrant bodies and belongings. I will tell you about how I learned that folding clothes is an act of dignity. Before they arrived at the deep spaces where land and water form natural borders they transited...

...Karen An-Hwei Lee Copyright © 2006 by Smith College 2006 KAREN AN-HWEI LEE CarinBfoAr notheWr oman 1. Desireunderstooidn theabsencoefconventionaelxpression. Of hidden trauma, one imagines a map to see water routes in another soul, to decipher silence through indirect speech, motion of her...

... careening down its bumpy hill on bicycles. Myparents' house was about a hundred yards west of the building where the dried sisal was baled, and a similar distance from the wharf where the bales were loaded onto barges to be taken to awaiting ships, outside the shallow waters of the bay. Farther west, past...

... the mud invaded the house. Water filled up just up to here [her shins]. We could 150 MERIDIANS 11:1 never find a place to sleep. Ifit rained, we had to stay the whole night standing. That's why we looked for another shelter, another camp. This is my third camp. It's better, but it's still not normal...

... of the young Japanese women composed as statues. They drape themselves around the Roman pool and drink green tea iced like the wash cloths they press to close cleansed pores. Expectations are flawlessly met as a foot extended into the perfect water. They have worked hard for this beauty package, these office...

... were selling water on the street, who were machann [market vendors]. But then in both spaces [the church and the peristil ], they suddenly take on this kind of regal authority when they’re serving the spirit in their different religious communities. So, for instance, my father, who was a cab driver...

... on mats, sang of grace that slips through black water to a country that has no shore. Howeverhardyourow,Jehovah isa sunwithoutsource. Hewill.floodyouwith li9ht. At your open grave three priests beckoned me. The oldest child, I had to cover your eyes. I bent over your body, drew out pale muslin, folded...